IS GOD GOOD ?

a reccuring thing I think about ,
whats the evidence - the real cold evidence.
there's none
none of what we call emperical evidence - the kind that can be
tested , rather than just observed and proved by rhetoric.

Submitted: November 23, 2008

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Last night I looked again in awe at the open canopy of the stars
And saw that speck; that smudge that is the Andromeda galaxy.
Just a blot of obeisant against the black.
Our nearest neighbor galaxy ,
A spiral whirl of stars around a black hole of infinite density

And I thought how insignificantwe all are ;
In the vastness of the millions of galaxies
How easy it would be for god
To forget a little speck of blue

Way back there in a little galaxy they called the Milky Way
How inconsequential even our galaxy is
As inconsequential as the ripple of a pebble in the vast Atlantic
That’s all we are .

And then I thought why does god have to be good
Despite s the beauty of the stars , a flower in bloom , a newborn child
Images of beauty all but is it evidence that God is Good ?
Or is that just the obverse ; That He is bad ,
Is to unendurable a concept to perceive or ever accept ?

Did Einstein figure it out
Or leave more problems for both saint and science;
Or do we blame Copernicus or Galileo , or even Newton.
But no . No there is no answer as to whether God is good.

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Sun, November 23rd, 2008 3:00pm

nice!

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Sun, November 23rd, 2008 4:47pm

Whom with a capital W. Do you presume made it possible
for us to live, and breath.If God wanted to be bad.
Do you honestly think you would be here right now,typing these words on your computer.Anyway,when the day finally comes, when he sends his band of angels,and his wrath.We will all see just how bad he can be.But not out of hate,but of fury.For not being good.And yes God is good. Hes with a capital H,good all the time.I did not like your poem.I found it to be offensive. But everyone is entitled to write what they want.angellynn.

Clearly you do not understand the query- it is the essence of the argument of erpiricism over subjectivity,
The piece also identifies with the problems the great thinkers of the centuaries grappled with.
( their evidential soul searching - their torture , villification , - should not in the smallest way concern you )
It is not my function to educate you , but you would be well advised to get some assistance before submitting your thoughts to paper.
Fundamentalism thrives on ignorance - and particularly in the barreness of the soul.
'' and in the end ; the love you take ; is equal to the love , you make .''
The Beatles.

what i cant figure out Katie is much more simple.
consider the vastness of the unviverse ; it is either contracting or expanding or in a 'stable state'
I dont think however it a matter that immediatly concerns most of us , if the greatest matematicians and physicists can agree on such a diverse issue.
what i do believe in is the infinite expanse of the mind ; the capicity to dream, to think, to invent , to compose , to build ;
the capacity to have just any thought you wish to have - why do we have such unbridled liberty, and more importantly - How ?
you can of course coccoon your mind and keep its thinking within the strict confines of fundamentalism or neo conservativism. but see where those opposing forces have brought us to.
They are both toxic states of ridged thinking , where they will allow no light to shine- and where ultimately both are as intolerant of freedom of thought and expression as were the church of the middle ages. That is the unltimate insult to a god - to throow back in his face the very gift he gave to you - that of infinite liberty of thought and imagination and dreams.
' we all lie in the gutter , but look at the stars '
Oscar Wilde

Yes, the infinate expanse, the 'unbridaled liberty' I love it! Why do we have this and How? You see I beleive the expanding universe IS our mind.
I read that there is awareness even past the mind so to try and grasp that it is simply not possible for the mind.

keeping the mind constricted yes it does lead to rigid and toxic states; well put!
It is as though the mind reaches out but then pulls back maybe because it is at times out of its comfortable limitations...I feel that if I want to expand it begins to happen and also regardless if I even want to sometimes.
ok, well Don that is enough 'thinking' for me right now lol.